Wilpwned: Hate/Pity/Laugh at the Mets 2011-12

by **Swiggers** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 18:30:43

Thanks for remembering that I called dibs.

by **FTN** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 18:35:01

I give this thread title an A.

you're treading on top 15 territory in the BSG power rankings, my friend

by **Swiggers** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 18:40:04

Gracias.

I am usually not so presumptuous as to call dibs on naming a new thread, but when this popped into my head, I figured it would go over well.

by **AllPhillyFan** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 19:03:28

haha, love the thread title. I expect this to be a very popular thread in the upcoming months.

by **swishnicholson** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 19:13:30

Teh Paper of Record:

Moreover, the one potential bright spot — the start of games at Citi Field, the selling of tickets, the sale of hot dogs and beer — appears clouded as well. One person close to the team said that advance ticket sales for the 2011 season were going so poorly that a sense of panic had begun to take hold in the team’s front office.

Edit: Oh I see the good Dr. already put this in the bygone thread. Well, it bears repeating anyway.

by **Titlehungry** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 19:16:26

If ESPN is still doing more of those 30 for 30 style documentaries, one on when the Mets fall from grace and when it all began could be Amazin'! It will end with their contraction from the league....

by **jerseyhoya** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 19:17:31

Not only will tickets be available for the BSG outing, but it's important that we go so we can give the Wilpons a little cash so they aren't forced to sell the team.

by **FTN** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 19:18:16

darren rovell also mentioned that they were laying off people in the ticket office. which seems like the wrong strategy.

by **Swiggers** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 19:19:10

swishnicholson wrote:Teh Paper of Record:

Moreover, the one potential bright spot — the start of games at Citi Field, the selling of tickets, the sale of hot dogs and beer — appears clouded as well. One person close to the team said that advance ticket sales for the 2011 season were going so poorly that a sense of panic had begun to take hold in the team’s front office.

The fanbase really has gotten disgusted with the whole thing. It's almost like they've turned into Clippers fans or something.

I see this in microcosm in my money fantasy league. It's based in Central NJ and about 50% of the owners are Mets fans. Each year we pick 18 teams that will comprise the draft pool. Because so many in the league root for them, the Mets had been voted in to the pool every single year regardless of merit -- until this year. The homers stopped propping them up.

by **Wheels Tupay** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 19:20:49

Titlehungry wrote:If ESPN is still doing more of those 30 for 30 style documentaries, one on when the Mets fall from grace and when it all began could be Amazin'! It will end with their contraction from the league....

That would be awful Mets fans would become Yank fans. Newer Yankee stadium would seat 100,000 douche bag new yorkers and their payroll would be 1 trillion a yr.

by **Titlehungry** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 19:24:08

Wheels Tupay wrote:
Titlehungry wrote:If ESPN is still doing more of those 30 for 30 style documentaries, one on when the Mets fall from grace and when it all began could be Amazin'! It will end with their contraction from the league....

That would be awful Mets fans would become Yank fans. Newer Yankee stadium would seat 100,000 douche bag new yorkers and their payroll would be 1 trillion a yr.

And they still couldn't sign Cliff Lee! :-D

by **Swiggers** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 19:26:53

Selig and co. will not allow the NL to be without a presence in NYC. They will do whatever they can to save the Mets. And if for some reason they ever were contracted, a successor franchise would be installed immediately.

by 1 » Sun Feb 27, 2011 19:29:42

ollie perez pitching his way out of baseball:

2 IP, 4 R, 4 ER, 3 BB, 3 SO

by **jerseyhoya** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 19:31:08

They'd never be contracted. If the Wilpons go belly up there'll be a process like in Texas last year I'd guess, except the Wilpons aren't notorious cunts like Hicks so it would probably go smoother.

by **FTN** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 19:36:04

my worst fear is the mets being sold to someone competent.

the wilpons apparently love baseball.

so my hope is that the trustees get like $750M, then the wilpons sell off all of their other assets just so they can hold on to the mets, who have to slash payroll to make ends meet, driving david wright into our arms and their payroll to like $75M in 3 years

by **Swiggers** » Sun Feb 27, 2011 19:47:29

FTN wrote:so my hope is that the trustees get like $750M, then the wilpons sell off all of their other assets just so they can hold on to the mets, who have to slash payroll to make ends meet, driving david wright into our arms and their payroll to like $75M in 3 years

Bowie Kuhn would invoke the "best interests of baseball" clause and force the Wilpons to sell if that was what was going to play out.

I don't know if Selig would take a step that drastic, but some of the articles that came out when the Wilpons were first sued by the trustee mentioned that Selig had basically ordered them to get their house in order, and strongly suggested that they hire Alderson.

by **Phan In Phlorida** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 04:27:53

jerseyhoya wrote:Not only will tickets be available for the BSG outing,

They'd probably be willing to declare it "BSG Day" if you buy more than 5 tickets.

by **Barry Jive** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 04:33:07

FTN wrote:my worst fear is the mets being sold to someone competent.

hate to pull a Wiz here (lie) but get your wits together here. IT'S THE FUCKING METS. They attract failure. They attract desolation. They attract daughter-fucking jean short-wearing line beard-having choking on dog vomit lower than the lowest of the low's stinkiest, most rancid turds. Anyone who buys them will be an absolute waste of the laws of conservation of energy.

by **drsmooth** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 09:22:08

Phan In Phlorida wrote:
jerseyhoya wrote:Not only will tickets be available for the BSG outing,

They'd probably be willing to declare it "BSG Day" if you buy more than 5 tickets.

probably worth a brick

by **drsmooth** » Mon Feb 28, 2011 09:25:19

swishnicholson wrote:Teh Paper of Record:

Moreover, the one potential bright spot — the start of games at Citi Field, the selling of tickets, the sale of hot dogs and beer — appears clouded as well. One person close to the team said that advance ticket sales for the 2011 season were going so poorly that a sense of panic had begun to take hold in the team’s front office.

Edit: Oh I see the good Dr. already put this in the bygone thread. Well, it bears repeating anyway.

Panic in the front office is not enough for George Vecsey - he wants panic in the stock market as well:

After saying they would not be interested in selling part of the team, the Mets are now searching for a minority partner, but who would jump in while still learning just how damaged this franchise is?

....Maybe the best suggestion for keeping the Mets solvent and relevant came from my friend and colleague Stan Isaacs, the longtime Newsday columnist, still thinking impishly in retirement. Isaacs has suggested the Mets open stock to the public, creating an I.P.O. of the heart.

By pooling quarters found under sofa cushions and cashing leftover money on subway cards, Mets fans could participate in the Green Bay Packer-ization of their stricken franchise....

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